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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdavis" data-source="post: 818308" data-attributes="member: 8704">Go to the mall and miss all the fun. I'll jump in here on this one. Are the manor houses defended, yes. Are they fortified, well that depends on where they are located at and when they were built. The older manors will have walls as 300 years ago it wasn't all that safe up North. If they are located near the river or the lake they will most likely have some defenses as that is where trouble generally comes from, and if they are far away from the town and close to the mountains they will have defenses as the Moulntains are still dangerous. If they are a day's ride out of town to the North and they are relatively new they probably have a low wall or fence to mark the border and keep the rif raff out but in general trouble is rare. They will all have guards because they don't want to get robbed and just because the goblins and orcs are to the south doesn't mean that there are no brigands and bandits to the North. Poaching silkfish for example would require several people and some organization, this would be almost like a bandit group, there will be groups out there like that but no there will be no hoards rampaging in the area (unless the DM chooses).Why do Nobles stay in town, well just how dull would living on a sheep farm in the middle of nowhere be? There will be nobles who live out there but they will be older or reclusive types, the action is in the city, the money is in the city and the power is in the city.As far as doing the work goes throw in a Noble family and include what they own and how they use it (I did). Everyone will be different, discribe their holdings and how they are set up, we have room for 20 or so of these families to be fleshed out.</blockquote>

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